Fire-place



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Patented Jan. 12, 1886.

PIR-E PLAGE.

E. R. PROGTER.

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EDWIN It. PROO'lER, OF VASHINGTON COURT-HOUSE, OHIO.

FIRE-PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 334,088, dated January l2, 18486.

Application led March 2, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN R. PRoo'rER, of Washington Oourt- House, Fayette county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fire-Places, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in the class of fire-places whose ash pit or space beneath the grate communicates with a bin or receptacle having a place of discharge at a lower level than the tloor of the apartment to be warmed.

In my improvement this place of discharge is located only a short distance below the ceiling of the cellar or 'other apartment situated immediately under that with which the iireplace communicates. A consequence of this is, that the interior of the bin is, by reason of its proximity to the fire-place proper, maintained at a temperature that permits and facilitates the precipitation into it of the hot and consequently light dust and ashes liberated in the act of poking or stirring the tire or of dislodging the ash-pan, and which would otherwise'find their way into the apartment to be warmed.

In addition to the above, my invention comprises sundry mechanical devices for carrying the object above stated into practical eii'ect, and which are hereinafter fully explained.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a vertical section, from front to rear, of aiireplace embodying my invention, the ash-pan` being shown in place and the discharge-door open, the discharged position of the ash-pan being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a section, in the same plane, of the dischargedoor closed. Fig. 3 is asection on line 3 3, the pan supporting cheek being partly broken away, the pan being omitted, and the discharge-door being shown closed. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section of the fire-place at the floorlevel, including a plan View of a portion of the hearth-stone and of the ash-pan. Fig.5 is a horizontal section of the fire-place below the ash-pan, the discharge-door being shown open. Fig. 6 is a transverse `vertical section of the hearth-stone and its supportingarch, with an elevation of the discharge-door in its closed condition. Fig. 7 is avertical Serial No. 157,437. (No model.)

section, from front to rear, of a modification of my improved fire-place. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section of the same on the line 8 8. Fig. 9 is a similar section having holes instead of an ordinary grating. Fig. 10 is a transverse section through the hearth-stone and its supporting-arch, the discharge-door being shown open, and the ash-drawer being shown in elevation. Figs. 1l and 12 are respectively a top view and an end view of the ash-drawer.

I make of the represented or any other cu'stomary construction the following parts, to wit: the fire -place walls A and the hearthstone B, with its supportingarch O and concrete or other lling D. That portion of the basement wall E immediately beneath the ash-pit proper or ash-space F is recessed, as at G, and has a sloping iioor, which may be lined with sheet-iron, H,whose upper edge extends horizontally, and then vertically, as at h h', so as to be anchored within the masonry in the manner indicated in Fig. I. The lower edge, h, of said door extends horizontally forward, and is secured by screw or rivet I to the throat-piece J, of castiron, whose upper portion is screwed or riveted to an angle-plate, K, that serves as the inner abutment of the arch C. The said throat has knuckle projec` tions L for pintle M of the hinged dischargedoor N, whose latch O engages in striker l? of said angle-plate K. The ash-pan Q converges downward, and has at its rear margin an outturned iiange, q, that rests upon a ledge, R, projecting from the fire-back. The front part of said pan is upheld by a spring-cheek, S, which, being connected to a jamb-plate, T, by a hinge, U, at or near its upper edge, is held against the pan by one or more strong springs, V. Vhen the pan has become charged with ashes, it is pushed down past the spring-cheek S, and, dropping into the recess or chute G H, assumes the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. l. For the purpose of breaking the fall of the said pan,there may be provided one or more springbulers,V. The charged pan may be precipitated into the ash-pit chute by the simple act of pressing into the place occupied by it an empty pan, as shownin Fig. 4.

The above-described preferred form of my invention may be modified in some of its details. For example, a drawer, X, that is in- T, of the said ash -chamber, supporting the I 5 tended to rest during use upon the inclined ash-pan Q, in the manner and for the purpose floor of the chute, may be used instead of the explained. pan Q, either associated or not with a grated 2. In combination with the ash-chute G H 5 floor, Y, to the ash-chamber proper,as in Figs. and ash-pan Q, the spring buffer or buffers W 7 and`8, or with a perforated floor, Z, as in on the sloping oor H of the said ash-chute, 2o Fig. 9. Side cavities, x, in the sides of drawer substantially as set forth. X enable it to be drawn out of the chute for In testimony of which invention I here the purpose of being emptied. unto set my hand.

Io I claim as new and of my inventionl l. In combination with the ash-chute G H EDVIN R' PROCTER' and ash-chamber F, the ash-pan Q, the ledge Attest: R, projecting from the fire back, and the ARTHUR P. KNIGHT, spring-cheek S upon the front wall or jamb, N. ROCKHOLD. 

